And The Revs Keep Rising - Great Drives in Fast Cars

ISBN: 9780857332707, Author: Mel Nichols

Nobody, before or since, has achieved the same level of immediacy of writing style as Mel Nichols, wrote Peter Robinson, the acclaimed automotive journalist, in 2011. His Convoy article, telling the breathtaking story of driving a trio of Lamborghinis from Sant'Agata to London, took the genre to its peak. People still quote the first paragraph perfectly.'

That classic driving tale, one that Jeremy Clarkson also admires above all others, is among the 50 stories in And The Revs Keep Rising, the long-awaited collection of Mel Nichols' finest driving pieces from his distinguished 40-year career as a journalist and editor. Nichols is best-known for his editorship of CAR magazine from 1974 to 1981, a period when he, in the words of L.J.K. Setright, brought CAR from notoriety to fame', and half of the stories in this book date from that time.

That era brought a profusion of supercars and Nichols drove them all. Many of the jewels came from Italy, so Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis — and the people who created them — feature prominently. Among the highlight stories from these years are Mr Ferrari is waiting to see you, an account of an audience in Maranello, and Monaco to Modena — fast, which describes a sensational road trip with Lamborghini engineer Bob Wallace in a Countach LP400.

The range of driving experiences in And The Revs Keep Rising is broad, from track icons such as Jaguar D-type and Ferrari 250 GTO to the author's own MGA 1600 and Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV. German supercars include Porsche 911 Turbo, BMW M1, Porsche 959 and three species of Audi quattro. Among the British greats are Bentley 'R' Type Continental, Aston Martin Volante and McLaren Fl. The story on the Fl — Okay mate, that's probably enough — is published for the first time in And The Revs Keep Rising. The author's formative years in his native Australia are recalled with stories on Holden Monaro GTS 350 and Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III.

And The Revs Keep Rising puts you in the driving seat of the most exciting cars ever made. Relax and enjoy the ride.

About the Author

Mel Nichols is one of the world's most influential car magazine writers and editors. In his early career in his native Australia he was Deputy Editor of Wheels, the country's top car magazine, and Editor of Sports Car World. He moved to London to become Editor of CAR from 1974 to 1981, and from 1987 to 2009 he was Editorial Director of Haymarket Consumer Media, responsible for leading car magazines such as Autocar, What Car?, Classic & Sports Car, Autosport and Fl Racing.

Apart from CAR, Wheels and Sports Car World, his stories have appeared in Autocar and Classic & Sports Car in the UK, Car and Driver, Motor Trend, Automobile and Sports Car Graphic in the US, and Car Graphic in Japan. His writing influenced a generation of car journalists — most notably Jeremy Clarkson — and his work as an editor had an impact on car magazines all over the
world. Nowadays he is a consultant editorial director and visiting lecturer in magazine journalism at several universities.